Communication Under the Microscope: The Theory and Practice of Microanalysis
Social interaction in recent years has become the focus of systematic scientific research in a wide variety of academic disciplines. In Communication under the Microscope, Peter Bull shows how communication has become an object of study in its own right, which can be dissected in the finest detail through the use of film and recording technology. In so doing he provides a clear and valuable introduction into the theory and practice of microanalysis.Bull argues that microanalysis is both a distinctive methodology and a distinctive way of thinking about communication. He then focuse